Live 20 Jan 1994 version
| Axl Rose: | Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly |
| He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller | |
| He got hair down to his knees | |
| Got to be a joker he just do what he please | |
| Bruce Springsteen: | He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football |
| He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola | |
| He say, "I know you, and you know me" | |
| Yeah, one thing I can tell you is you got to be free | |
| Rose and Springsteen: | Come together right now over me |
| Axl Rose: | He bag production he got walrus gumboot |
| He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker | |
| He got feet down below his knees | |
| Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease | |
| Rose and Springsteen: | Come together right now over me |
| Axl Rose: | Rock it |
| Bruce Springsteen: | He roller-coaster he got early morning |
| He got muddy water he won mojo filter | |
| He say, "one and one and one is three" | |
| Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see | |
| Rose and Springsteen: | Come together right now over me |
| Rose and Springsteen: | Come together |
| Come together | |
| Come together | |
| Come together |
COME TOGETHER is a song by The Beatles, from their 1969 album Abbey Road. See the original The Beatles version for more details.
The above lyrics are for the live 20 Jan 1994 performance of COME TOGETHER at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, NY, during the 1994 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. The song was performed as a duet between Axl Rose and Bruce Springsteen.
In celebration of John Lennon's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist, COME TOGETHER was planned to be performed by Elton John and Rod Stewart, but the latter didn't make the ceremony because of an earthquake that hit Los Angeles shortly before the event. According to Brucebase, while Bob Weir, John Popper, and others were performing onstage, the production personnel approached Bruce Springsteen with a lyrics sheet to COME TOGETHER. Springsteen politely refused, repeatedly. The producers then asked Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose who was at the next table. Rose agreed and then pulled up a chair next to Springsteen. After a minute or two of conversation, Rose put the song's lyrics on the table and the two hovered over the paper for a few minutes. When the stage was cleared, they got up, walked onto the stage, and performed the song, without any rehearsal or practice.
Pro-shot video of the entire live 20 Jan 1994 performance of COME TOGETHER was posted in 2011 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum YouTube channel.
The live 20 Jan 1994 version of COME TOGETHER appears on 3 official releases.
This is part of a nine-volume series that was later repackaged into a 9-DVD box set. This volume includes two tracks on which Bruce Springsteen appears:
This is a download-only digital release, part of a ten-volume series. This volume includes 5 tracks on which Bruce Springsteen appears:
This issue is a "limited edition orange & red marble vinyl". This release includes 2 tracks on which Bruce Springsteen appears:
Bruce Springsteen performed COME TOGETHER live only once, on 20 Jan 1994 during the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. The live 20 Jan 1994 version of COME TOGETHER was first released on the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame + Museum Live: Come Together home video in 2009.
List of available versions of COME TOGETHER on this website:
COME TOGETHER [Live 20 Jan 1994 version]
